Blimey....some people can be very blinkered. Thought he made a couple of good last line of defence tackles (alright he's no Hardaker, but then nobody in SL is either); he seems to have a decent sidestep on him and nearly scored but for Quinlan's tackle. He seemed to grow in confidence and didn't do anywhere near "a Dixon". Thought he really did okay.

Dixon at least looked like he might create something - one of the few Hull KR players last weekend who did. Golding looked like he'd do nothing except screw up.

He was abysmal against Wire, had to be moved to the wing against Salford he was so bad, was anonymous against Hull and gash again tonight.

Being an academy lad doesn't get you a free pass on being a e player. I'd rather re-sign Lee Smith than keep Golding.

Re the Jones try,I thought he made a decent fist of it in trying to stop him grounding the ball;couldn't see Jones convincingly ground the ball from any angle.

We have got too used to having Hardaker at fb, he's so far above every other fb we aren't used to seeing poor kick returns, the fb caught in goal or the held up going against us

Point by Point rebuttal or straight to the point?

Bull

Young lad, big game, key position, stood up and did his job.

This happens to Hardaker too - he is not immune.

Yes, yes, yes, no.

You don't get credit for picking up the ball as any five year old can do if you're so far out of position you lose us 20m to do so.

Anyone, please? Name something that Golding has ever done that has made him look like he'll make it at this level? Because I count losing us the London (2014) and Wire (2015) games and nearly losing us the Salford away match in the 'against' column, with 'a half break off the back of someone else's play that nearly scored a try but didn't' in the 'for' column.

He's a w@nk player and should off to a w@nk side like Dewsbury or Sheffield.

Either you are trolling or you are very, very blinkered.

Golding is no Hardaker, to hold an academy project to the same battle Hardend standards of a full time pro is not only laughable but frankly batsjit lunacy.

We handed stains that game on a platter with our lax concentration and poor handling, granted you could argue Golding was as lax fielding some of the kicks but c'mon, washing a bloke out after 2 baddish (arguable) games? Welcome to Substandard.

Sometimes you have to credit the kick, and Saints' kicking game was in a different stratosphere to ours tonight. Walsh could've played in his suit.

How many games do you want to give him? 5 more? 10? How many times does he have to be cack before we ship out? He is yet to put it one, ONE performance that says 'I am a super league player and I am good enough to play next week'. Every time he plays he looks a hundred miles off the pace, and like someone who deserve to disappear back to second grade rugby as soon as humanly possible.

Every single one of Hardaker, Watkins, Stevie Ward, Sutcliffe, Singleton, Walters & Robbie Ward came into the side as unknowns - every single one of them put in at least one display that said they were worthy of getting picked.

Golding's had the same opportunity as the likes of Tom Bush, Michael Coady - more opportunity than George Elliott got.

Next time Hardaker can't play, Ash Handley (you know, the guy people were saying shouldn't get dropped for Tom Briscoe) should come in at FB ahead of Golding - shockingly, exactly the same as in the 19s, where they can recognise that Handley is going to make it and Golding isn't.

I thought the lad did well tonight. The thread title is baffling.

Did he shag your bird?

...that might be it

As I was reading through the first page I was about to ask the same question.

May as well copy my post from the other thread...:

I can't say I've noticed Golding much before tonight, but on tonight's showing he's not a bad player. Pretty agile and came up with a few tough catches. If the attacking team is on your line and get the kick right, as a fullback there will be times where even if you do all you can, you're still going to concede a drop out. Fullback is probably the toughest position to play if you aren't used to the standard, because you are constantly isolated, which means every mistake is glaringly obvious. The fact that none come to mind (bar the kick off, where the blame was shared between 3 of them) is proof enough that for his age he's not too bad a player.

Another thing is, we had Walsh, Burns, Roby and Wilkin all kicking tonight. For territorial kicks, a fullback will (ideally) set up on the kicker's outside foot, because kickers are always going to try and avoid kicking across their body. The option of 4 kickers means your back 3 can't really do this which puts a lot more pressure on them. Especially with Wilkin on the blind side on the left, there were times where Briscoe would have to stay in the defensive line as a result and it was Golding and Hall covering the width of the pitch. That is a difficult task for any fullback, nevermind a 19 year old who's got very little first grade experience.

What TOMCAT and heisenberg said.